Clothes-drier



(No Model.)

B. P. STANDISH.

CLOTHES DRIER. No. 419,896. Patented Jan. 21, 1890..

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UNITED STATES l ATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. STANDISH, OF VVOODSTOOK, VERMONT.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,896, dated J anuary21, 1890.. Application filed June 10, 1889. Serial No. 313,737- (Nomodel.)

' ment in clothes-driers, or devices used in a house or laundry forreceiving articles after being lroned or calendered, the object of theinvention being to simplify and perfect the construction of driers ofthis kind and provide onewhich may be easily and readily adjusted withthe expenditure of but little strength and without the exercise of anyskill; and the invention consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter de scribed,and then more particularly pointed out in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is asideor edge view of my improved clothes drier, the wall and fioor of thehouse in connection with which it is arranged being shown in section.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. I

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout allthe different figures.

My improved clothes-drier consists, primarily, of two upright posts orstandards A A, the lower ends of which are hinged by means of anysuitable hinges or butts a a to the floor. These uprightsAA areconnected by horizontal bars or rods of suitable shape and size andlength 0 C. There may be any number of these rods 0 O, and their lengthmay be such as to make the clothes-drier of a convenient size for use.stricted to no particular length for the bars 0 O or the uprights A A.Different sizes of driers will he obviously required for differentlocations. Neither am I restricted to any particular number of the bars0 0. They are located at suitable distances apart. A convenient numberis ten; but there maybe any number. It will thus be seen that the frameat points opposite to saidends.

Of course Iam rewhich I have just described, consisting of the uprightsand the cross-rods, may be adjusted to occupy different angles ofinclination.

My clothes-drier also includes an auxiliary frame-work similar to What Ihave just described and consisting of the uprights D D, Which are muchshorter than the uprights A A and which are hinged at their upper endsto the uprights A A at a convenient distance from the lower ends thereof(see Fig. 1) by means of suitable hinges or butts b b. The uprights orside posts D D are connected by bars, rods, or other cross-pieces E E,of which there may be any desirable number.

My improved clothes-drier will be located at any convenient point in theroom or laundry. It may be thought best to arrange it in juxtapositionto the wall, as in Fig. 2, so that when. it occupies a vertical positionit will be close against the wall, and thus out of the way. When themain frame has been moved into an exactly vertical position and the wereiliary frame has been dropped alongside of it, it is evident that thedevice will occupy but little space. The upper ends of the uprights A Aare each provided with staples h h, having eyes, through which passes acord f, one end of which is attached to a staple t',affi.xed

permanently in the wall of the room, while the other end passes throughanother staple j, likewise secured to the wall. Said staples 2' and jare located at about the same height as the upper ends of the uprights AA and It is evident, therefore, that by laying hold of the free end ofthe cord, chain, or rope f, which end passes through the staple j anddepends below the same, the user of the device may easily adjust themain frame of the drier at any desired angle of inclination. He mayplace the frame in this way in the position shown in full lines in Fig.3, or he may cause it to occupy the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 3. Then this device is used for adjusting the angle of inclinationof the drier, the auxiliary frame may or may not be employed, asdesired. I provide one of the side pieces D of said auxiliary frame witha ring cl, adapted to engage a pin 6 on the adjacent upright A; hence ifit desired not to usethe auxiliary frame it may be adjusted into aposition alongside of said frame and locked thereto by can sing the ringto engage the pin, as aforesaid. If it is desired,however, to use theauxiliary, allthat the operator need do is to disconnect the auxiliaryfrom the main frame and allow it to assume the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1.

With a clothes-drier thus constructed the clothes, after they have beenironed or calendered, can be readily exposed to the dry- 1ng action ofthe air for a considerable length of time. It will be found that a drierof this kind can be easily manipulated. It is so simple in itsconstruction and so perfect in its operation that it readily commendsitself as a cheap and practicable device. Its capacity of course dependsupon its size; but it will be found that even a small device constructedupon the principles of this invention will have a considerable capacity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes-drier, the combination, with the main frame having itsuprights hinged at their lower ends to the floor, of the topoperating-cord for said main frame, and the auxiliary frame hinged tothemain frame and provided with a locking device, whereby it may engagethe main frame, substantially as described.

2. In a clothes-drier, the combination, with the main frame consistingof uprights A A and cross-bars C G, the uprights being hinged at theirlower ends to the floor, of the top 0perating-cord f, passing throughstaples in the upper ends of the uprights A A, one end of said cordbeing affixed to the Wall, while the other end is adapted to be grasped,by the operator, and the auxiliary frame comprising the side pieces D Dand cross-rods E E, said side pieces being hinged to the uprights A A ata convenient distance above their lower ends, and the ring 01, connectedto one piece D and adapted to engage pin 6 on one of the uprights A,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix. my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJ. F. STANDISH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD M. STANDIsH, FREDK. O. SOUTHGATE.

